The Official Smarthome Blog – All Things Home Automation

For radio enthusiast, the CCRadio AM/FM/Shortwave Portable Radio offers the best sensitivity, selectivity and audio performance of any radio at this price and size. It has a built in Twin Coil Ferrite AM Antenna the brings out the best AM reception and sound available. The whip antenna also delivers quality FM and SW1, SW2 and SW3 performance. This radio not only receives weaker signals, with superior audio, than perhaps any portable radio ever made, but you are given much more control over how the radio works, sounds and picks up a signal. Moving from band to band and searching for stations has been made easy with simple buttons, dials, and a large lighted LCD screen display. A single five inch speaker offers clear tones and bass. There is an RCA line out for connecting the radio to a stereo system and an additional IF out to send a digital signal to a computer for decoding. Choose to wake to an alarm or the radio, or hit the snooze button for a few more minutes of sleep. A durable build and sturdy handle ensure that this radio will last for years to come. Enjoy great sound while on the road, camping, boating….or anywhere you go.

• Receives AM, FM, ShortWave1 (SW1), ShortWave2 (SW2) and ShortWave3 (SW3) signals
• Large digital LCD display with digital clock, alarm, snooze and sleep timer
• Illuminated buttons and quality dials
• 10 memory settings per band (50 total)
• Dual RCA stereo line output, IF output for input to computer
• Price: $139.00

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The latest in digital music is upon us with the REVO® BLIK FM and Wi-Fi Internet Radio, Black. While the FM reception from this radio unit is superb, the real value lies in the wireless Wi-Fi broadband connection that can be made to access over 11,000 Internet radio stations. The unit wirelessly communicates through your broadband network router for Internet access, letting you enjoy any type of music or talk radio you can think of without even turning on your computer. Select from an unprecedented choice of radio content from the net, listen to audio tracks stored on PCs or Apple Macs connected to the same local Wi-Fi network, plug your MP3 player directly into the M-Port or distribute the audio to your stereo system using the RCA outputs. You can also set your clock, alarm, user-definable snooze and a customizable sleep function. Everything is displayed on large backlit LCD screen on the front and easy to use control buttons are located on the top of the radio. This radio will give you every genre choice you can imagine and the option to play from your own stored audio; it has everything a music and radio enthusiast could ask for.

• Wirelessly connects with Wi-Fi broadband routers for access to over 11,000 Internet radio stations
• Stream audio from your PC or Mac computer or connect an MP3 player
• FM radio, eight memory presets, remote control, headphone jack, clock, alarm, and sleep timer
• RCA output to connect with a stereo system
• Large backlit LCD display
• Price: $199.95

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Thinking Home 2 software is an easy-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X. The new v2.0 takes advantage of Mac features such as speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access to provide you with ultimate control of your home automation system. Compatible with both INSTEON and X10, the software is set up to operate 24-7, delivering performance without compromising ease of use. The easy point-and-click approach is ideal for people who just want to store events and macros and let it run. Additionally, you can control devices using the built-in voice recognition feature or when you’re out of town thanks to the software’s web interface. While still an easy home automation software to use, v2.0 is better equipped to make use of Mac-only things like speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access

• Built-in speech recognition. You say “Turn on the living room lamp.” and the lights turn on
• Setup Assistant and Gadget Guide allow easy setup and management of your home automation network
• INSTEON and X-10 Enabled
• Events and Responders can operate devices, open web pages, play audio, and much more
• Innovative Desktop Remote operates your gadgets directly from the Finder
• Price: $93.99

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Connecting audio/video devices often times requires a special adapter that will allow for interconnection between different cable inputs and outputs. The BNC Male to RCA Male adapter is commonly used to couple video and audio output from cameras and surveillance equipment to a CCTV system. The connector changes cables with a male BNC connector into a male RCA connector. If have a BNC cable already coming from your equipment and need to connect it to an RCA input, connect the Male BNC end of the adapter to the female BNC cable and connect the Male RCA end of the adapter into the appropriate RCA input. This high quality connector will securely transmit BNC audio or video signals to RCA.

• Allows interconnection of devices with BNC female and RCA male interfaces
• Works for audio and video connections
• Price: $1.99

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